The house is only a few years old. There is a 200 amp meter base outside. It goes directly inside to the opposite wall inside to a 200 amp Main breaker panel. To do what the homeowner said someone told him, you would have to come off the same load lugs in the meter base that is feeding the inside panel. There is the catch. Unless the lugs in the meter base are approved for 2 wires, it can't be code compliant as far as I can see. I know older homes have it like that everywhere. Always checking though, I have been wrong once or twice:)
